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Friday, 12 July 2013

Food on Friday: Apricots and Nectarines

Okey
medokey, it's Food on Friday time
again. This time we are going to build a
collection of recipes using apricots
and/or nectarines – fresh or dried.

Both apricots and nectarines go well with:

Almonds

Brandy

Cinnamon

Cream

Honey

Sugar

Vanilla

And
apricots also go well with:

Barley

Cardamom

Chicken

Dried
fruit

Lamb

Pistachios

Rice

Yoghurt

And
nectarines also go well with:

Amaretto

Brown
sugar

Butter

Champagne

Cloves

Duck

Ginger

Ice-cream

Lemons

Macadamia
nuts

Pork

Raspberries

Red
wine

Strawberries

Mascarpone

Linking up
is easy – just put your name and the name of the dish into the first Mr Linky
box and paste the url for your post into the second.

There
are no rules but it would be great if you checked out some of the other
links. To make it easier for you to
choose I have created a Pinboard for this and will be pinning the links that
come in as fast as I can!

I was never an apricot lover but they remind me of my grandpa so they're not all bad. But nectarines? I'm a BIG fan. Not just the taste but the smell and more memories as well. Can't wait to try some of these recipes!

I mostly came over for inspiration. I haven't seen any fresh nectarines or apricots yet around these parts, but they will be coming in the next few weeks. While here, I left you a couple of old recipes that I've used in the past. One for a no-cook breakfast called "pukkolla" using dried apricots, and another for a cheat's cheesecake dessert made individual cups, using fresh nectarines. I tend to make this one all the time to give myself a little treat, using whatever fresh fruit I have on hand!

Thanks for the link up. Last week I wrote about apricots. I was so surprised when the comments came. Many were, "I have never tried an apricot" kind of comments. I suppose it is an old fashioned fruit that is going out of style, they are cutting down so many of the trees and orchards in this area, but not at my house. We just planted an apricot and pear tree. I bought a bunch of apricots and couldn't keep my kids out of them. I love that they raid the fruit bowl instead of looking for sugary snacks.

Hi Carole! Thanks for the invite! I didn't see your message right away - it went into spam (gasp)!! I hope it's not too late to link up my Chili Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Apricot Ginger Glaze. Thanks again!!

Hi Carole, thanks again for the invite - quite an array of amazing recipes here - I added my "Percoche Clafoutis" since the Percoche is a cross between an apricot and a peach, also called "Peach Apricots" - hope that is all right with you. Unfortunately, I added the link twice, maybe you could be so kind and delete the first of the two link-ups! Thank you very much! And many thanks also for the continued support!